Truck and similar conveyance



19 Oct 27 J. E. LAVIGNE TRUCK AND SIMILAR CONVEYANCE Filed JuIy ZO. 192a doamyfibma/vf awwmmm ktruck' having'air-pass'ages and adapted for Patented Oct. 25, 1927.

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5 wares and merchandise from onerooin to another; 'butflmore'particularlythe type of holding goods, suchas cotton filling, wet wash, etc. ,'while they are being subjected to 0c the humidifying ordrying treatment In practiceitis customary to use a truckhavingits 'sides'perfora-ted with air holes to al low the admission of humid atmosphere, however; such an arrangement does not secure uniform treatment of the--filling, inas much as the'holes are-easily blocked. Trucks consisting of sides composed of slats spaced apart to provide lon itudinal slits have been used bu talthough'a ording'a good air clearanceyare not durable, since the slats are rgenera'lly secured to corner posts by nails or screws which become disengaged'because of the corroding action of the moistureladen atmosphere or because the nails ,or screws lack the tensile strength to withstand 'theqpr'essure to which they" are subjected.

V I The great difiiculty heretofore encountered withthe trucks now in use forvsteaming or other gas or vaportreatment ofgoods is that thesides become loose and break away from the corner posts. -An object of my invention is toproduce a durable and siinpl'e'truck adapted to hold and'carry goods that are to be subjected to vapor treatment v I A' further bj ct of myinvention is to i produce a truck having slitted openings whei'r'ain the rnembers making up the sides of the'truck are held in recesses in-the corner posts and'secured tierods running from post to. postin' pairs. 5

A still further object of my inventionjis to provide a truck strongly constructed having non-corrodible metal parts and the sides and corner posts so designed that nails or screws are not necessary'to secure. the two together. v,

Other objects and advantages will appear from the description which follows.

Referring now to vthe drawing: Y v Fig. isa perspective view of the truck,

Fig' 2 is a front elevational View, of theend sill showing in dotted lines the longiti-z dinal "groove and the recesseswhichrgceiv i -E ."4 is a. bottom view a Queen e-Bf trucl; showingthe jointures between theend s ll and the corner uprights aswell as the .large cross slats for theattachn ent rollers." Fig.5 is a de or post showing the lower two slats polsi tloned n the recesses and ,o neslat readyffor insertion. 1 7

"Fig. 6 1s an lnterior tures throughout-the Several views,

i J. As Shown inFig. "1 th truck isa bjjx lilae structure havingcorher posts or uprights; l'

the. shorter-sides mor ced in said-P9513 M r P rl he is mer p sts 9. .1 rlghts are so c s ru t d hatlhWllW?a tail view, of, a ,corner upright i viewer aim; oer-J -1 1e r ;of ,the truck showing: the" inanner pf o1'n1ng the corner post and end s illl f Similar numerals refer j to]similar-tea.

right angular cross section and the two u-t- .ermost 'ifaces .4, i 5 Fig. 5) have spaced oped.

" ingsfiwhich serve purpose to beexp lained r fi "T e an l p sts e p ef rab y made of a: nqn -gcorrodiblezmetal suchwas brass, aluminum or uralumin, b hey maybe made of any o he 'materia ;v

The-spaced openings on-one rageram size as {to receive ,the ends of the slatsjQ a-nd 3 candles shown," they may be va ed accordinto'l' hese op ngs an w en in iplfifi fzth ifi ur'sides ar se u ely he d meanjsef. tie

corner posts are right angularly disposedgto the spapedyop'eni lgs o he. t e rl qml' v plementary face. he open ngs va e pisuch i g to the needs i the artisan. ends? v a ,ofthetslats 2a11d'i3 serve as te110 Whiih on the longer sides and only one tie rod'9 ofthis invention. The end sillsfi 10 ofthe I on each shorter side. Of vcourse it is clearly Q understood that the number of tierodsmay truckf are made of similar non-corro'dib'lel bales, five being" shown here .metal 9 Q Eher suitable material and as shown n Flgf; 2 areprovided with spaced The middle 7 5 ejpeaing 11 is 'largerQinorder teaeeeiamqdate a larger slat. A longitudinal groove 12 is provided in the upper part of the sill as shown more clearly in Fig. 8 into which the bottom slat of the end series fits when in place as shown in Fig. 5. The material of which the slats are made may be of cypress, cedar, soft pineor other suitable wood.:

As shown in Fig. 4, the bottom of the truck is made up of five slats with a slat 13 in the middle larger than the others.

, This renders it possible to :attach a roller or castor at-both ends of'the trucks, Across slat 14 is provided which is secured to the outside bottom slate and the middle slat to which two casters or rollers are attached.

The castors'may' be of any suitable material preferably cast iron which is .not very ex- "pensive and can be; removed or replaced easily. The'corner posts 1 are'cutout at the bottom ends to provide a seat 14 to receive the ends'fl5 offthe'end sill as shown in *Theborn'er' posts are angular for .the greater part of their extent. thelower ends the angle ceases and the posts areof asquare cross section as shown in Fig. 6. Seats 14 arecut out in the bottom surface of this squared portion leaving a ledge-16-having anopening 17.:therein [through which bolts pass for securing the end-sill to the corner posts.

It will be appreciated'that a truck con- 'stru'cte'din the manner here set forth may be subjected to rigorous treatment, and is particularly serviceable in a moisture laden 1 atmosphere, since the side members are mor- *tised to the corner posts and are not nailed o'r 'screwed. .The danger is thus obviated that the slats may spring loose from" the corner'posts as would be the'case if they were. simply nailed thereto. The"tierods and the bolts securing the. end sills to the corner posts at no place contact or grip the "wood, the connections being from metal to metal. If as indicated, the metal: parts are "made of brass, or othernoncorrodlblemetal,

a "truck is produced which will renderde pendable service-in a moisture laden atmosphere without weakening or the slats work- "undergoes rapid rusting or, speaking, ox dation, and non nails or other 'ing" loose for it is well known that iron chemically What I claim as new is;

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iron securing means would gradually lose their gripping power with the attendant diswithin the spirit and scope of the following claims.

r 1. A truck comprising in combination corner uprights, said" corner uprights having ledge portions at the lower extremities there of forming seats, end sil'lmembers, said seats 7 being adapted to receive the ends of said; end 5111 members, said sill members and-said uprights having openings therein, stave members composing the sides, said openings being adapted to receive the ends of said stave members, means for joining 'said uprights together and means'for oining saidsill n'iembers to said uprights.

2. A truck ofthe character described, comprising in combination nonf-corrodible corner uprights and end sills, each ofsaid corner uprights :having right angularly disposed recesses in their opposing end faces, said end SlllS having recesses in their opposing faces, each of said end sills having a longitudmalgroove in the upper edge thereof,

the sides and bottomo'f said truck comprising a plurality of stave members the ends whereof are received'in the said recesses in the corner uprights andsill members, the lower edges of the bottom staves of the end stave members being lodged in said longitudinal grooves in the sill members, said stave members being held to said uprights and end sills by means joining the corner uprights together in pairs, and. additional means for joining the end sills to said corner uprights.

Signed at Fall .River-in the county of Bristol, State ofMassachusetts, thisfourteenth day of July 1926. i

JOSEPH E. LAVIGNE. 

